Evaluating a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for At-Risk Youth in Alternative Schools

This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief highlights evidence on the impacts of the Teen Choice curriculum for youth in alternative schools in and around New York City. Because alternative schools provide supplemental services to address the specific needs of youth, these schools often find it difficult to fit pregnancy prevention programming into the regular school day. The program was delivered by trained staff from the program developer, Inwood House, with federal grant funding to the New York State Department of Health from the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), one of the largest federally funded programs designed to address adolescent pregnancy and prepare youth for successful transition to adulthood.